@ - @ temperance views and his opposition to women ' s suffrage . though he continued to play an active role in state politics for another two decades , he never returned to elected office , failing in his gubernatorial bid in 1927 and his senator ##ial campaign in 1936 . he died in louisville on january 9 , 1940 . j . c . w . beck ##ham was born at wi ##ck ##land , near bard ##stown in nelson county , kentucky , son of william net ##herton and julia te ##vis ( wi ##ck ##liffe ) beck ##ham . his maternal grandfather , charles a . wi ##ck ##liffe , was governor of kentucky from 1839 to 1840 and served as postmaster general in
@ - @ temperance views and his opposition to women's suffrage. though he continued to play an active role in state politics for another two decades, he never returned to elected office, failing in his gubernatorial bid in 1927 and his senatorial campaign in 1936. he died in louisville on january 9, 1940. j. c. w. beckham was born at wickland, near bardstown in nelson county, kentucky, son of william netherton and julia tevis ( wickliffe ) beckham. his maternal grandfather, charles a. wickliffe, was governor of kentucky from 1839 to 1840 and served as postmaster general in